Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We are talking here about deliberate cruelty. I am not against what happens in the countryside in the natural course of things with animals. With a name like O'Sullivan, I have very strong rural connections. While I can accept what happens as part of the natural order in the countryside, this is deliberate cruelty. One almost feels like saying that if a hare survives once, he should receive a big "X" on his back so that he does not have to face the greyhounds in the ring the next time. It is a cruel practice and we will keep going on it.

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